For China, Cooperation Is Power

For those who gauge China's aspirations in near-Earth space as well as cyberspace, it has been a busy 48 hours. Beijing yesterday released a white paper outlining its strategies to develop China's space program, setting out its goals for the next five years. Today, it released another strategy outline, this one on global information and network security. Both Chinese plans highlight, in their individual ways, the strategy Beijing will pursue to increase its global leadership in these pivotal realms, among others, while challenging the dominance of the United States and its allies in driving international cooperation....